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February 8, 2024




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WERC NEWS





WERC Offers a Safety & Compliance Course as Part of its Micro-Credentialing
Program




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Our new Safety & Compliance course will get you well-versed in critical
compliance standards for warehouses and DCs. Learn more about this virtual
course and our other Distribution Logistics Leaders Certification courses at:
https://werc.org/page/getcertified.


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Ignite Opportunities at WERC 2024




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Build your brand among the hundreds of logistics leaders at WERC 2024. Learn how
to highlight your company here.



Discover Innovation at MODEX 2024




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Experience groundbreaking technology at MODEX 2024! With 150+ educational
sessions and 1,100+ leading supply chain providers, MODEX 2024 puts you at the
center of the supply chain transformation. Don't miss your chance to be part of
the future of logistics. Register Now


MHI Industry Leadership Program — Take Your Skills to the Next Level




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Our popular MHI Industry Leadership will conduct its next session in person!
Learn more about how you can hone your leadership skills here.


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Ga. March 13 Student Day at MODEX Atlanta, Ga. April 10 Facility Tour: Kitchen
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INDUSTRY NEWS




Warehouse robot market to increase 25% by 2030




Material Handling & Logistics
Both the increased acessibility and maturing warehouse automation market is
allowing companies, regardless of size, to adopt a variety of technologies.
According to ABI Research, the global installed base of autonomous mobile robots
(AMRs) in warehouses will surpass 500,000 by 2030. Read More


Pan Pacific Pet's new distribution center: Building operations around automated
order fulfillment




Modern Materials Handling
In Pan Pacific Pet's new distribution center near Calgary, a goods-to-person
order fulfillment system automated order picking for about 50% of the company's
18,000 SKUs with the capacity to deliver 400 bin presentations per hour to
workstations. The system is positioned in the center of the building, with
reserve storage located around the perimeter. Read More


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Why You Should Mark Your Warehouse Floors 3 Considerations for Choosing the Best
Warehouse Tote and Bin Labels How Wrap-Around Warehouse Pallet Labels Improve
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How can ocean freight manage capacity to meet shipper demand?




Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Ocean freight faces demand volatility, a surplus in vessels, congestion issues
on two main routes via the Suez Canal, and drought in the Panama Canal; the Cape
of Good Hope, South Africa now posing as the preferred alternative. Read More


Will the feds make good on their promise of funding for US ports?




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In November 2002, the U.S. Maritime Administration announced an investment of
more than $653 million to fund 41 port projects under MarAd's Port
Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). According to the agency, the program
"provides planning support, capital funding, and project management assistance
to improve capacity and efficiency of ports in both urban and rural areas." Read
More


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76% of supply chain companies facing worker shortages




Material Handling & Logistics
Worker shortages in supply chain and logistic organizations continues to be an
issue. A new survey, "How Bad Is he Supply Chain and Logistics Workforce
Challenge?," from Descartes Systems Group found that 76% of the supply chain and
logistics leaders surveyed are experiencing notable workforce shortages in their
operations. Read More


Operational change driven by RFID and QR technologies




RFID Journal
With the rise of AI taking the world by storm, technologies such as Radio
Frequency Identification (RFID) and QR codes can be overlooked by retailers, but
both are foundational technologies to drive operational change throughout the
retail supply chain and to the customer. Read More


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US PMI shows US manufacturing declined for the 15th straight month in January




SupplyChainDigest
The US Purchasing Managers Index for January was released recently by the
Institute for Supply Management and came at a level of 49.1, up two percentage
points from December but still below the key 50 mark that separates U.S.
manufacturing expansion from contraction for the 15th straight month. Read More


Macron calls for more farmer protections during supply chain talks




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French President Emmanuel Macron called for greater protections for food
producers via a "European Egalim" law, a reference to a piece of French
legislation regulating trade negotiations between food manufacturers and
supermarkets. According to Euractiv, protecting farmers' incomes has been a
major demand of the farmers’ protests that have popped up all across the EU in
recent weeks. Read More


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A cyber attack warning for manufacturers




Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Businesses are being left at risk from cyber-attacks, with multiple entryways
for criminals however there is a recent trend in threats coming via compromised
supply chains. This is where criminals find vulnerabilities through a supplier,
which then leaves any businesses they operate alongside at risk. Often any
attacks will have long-lasting consequences. Read More


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Foot Locker COO names 4 skills crucial to supply chain leaders




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Comfort with ambiguity, global awareness, communication and leadership abilities
are the skills Elliott Rodgers highlighted while kicking off the Manifest Vegas
2024 conference with remarks on his experience with supply chain
transformation. Read More


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